U.S. Muslims Face Embarrassment,
Ostracism in Terrorism Crackdown

By

Joseph Pereira, Barbara Carton and

Deborah Ball Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 21, 2001 12:40 a.m. ET

Precious Rasheeda Mohammed was working at her computer Tuesday afternoon when she heard loud banging on her front door. Dressed only in a T-shirt, she ran to peek through a side window. Six men, wearing badges emblazoned with the words "Twin Towers," had entered her enclosed porch and were demanding entry into her house.

"My hands began to tremble and my teeth chatter," says Ms. Mohammed. The men tripped off a burglar alarm, and the alarm company was on the telephone asking her about a possible...